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Title: John McPherson and Sarah "Sallie" Black

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Associated Grants/Deeds:

Sources: Estate settlement of John McPherson, 1829, Cumberland County, NC; Estate settlement of Lewis Munroe, 1795, Cumberland County, NC; Cumberland and Robeson County, NC deeds; Angus Black Family Bible; Black family researc of Liz Frano.
Parents:
Father
Mother


HUSBAND

John McPherson

Notes: According to Cumberland County court minutes and a bond in the deeds, John McPherson had an illegitimate child, sex and name unknown, in 1790 by a Catherine McPherson. John McPherson's lands were on Race Branch of Little Rockfish Creek and on Beaver Creek.
Birth

c.1760

Place

probably Cumberland County, NC

Chr

Place

Death

after August 1829

Place

Cumberland County , NC

Burial

Place

Cumberland County , NC

Father

Alexander McPherson

Mother

Emily McGill

Marriage

1812

Place

Cumberland County, NC

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WIFE

Sarah "Sallie" Black

Notes: About 4 years after her husband's death, Sallie McPherson gave birth to a son, Thomas D. McPherson, in Lauderdale Co., MS. Sallie went to MS with Thomas Davis of Cumberland Co. about 1833.
Birth
1792
Place
probably Cumberland County, NC
Chr
Place
Death
c.1850
Place
Lauderdale County , MS
Burial
Place
Lauderdale County , MS
Father
Archibald Black (moved to Gadsden Co., FL about 1835)
Mother
Margaret Black
#2 spouse
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CHILDREN
Birth
Death
Spouse
Chart #
1. Catherine McPherson
1819
1853
"Sir" Sydney Gilchrist, son of Archibald Gilchrist and Mary McPherson of Robeson Co., in 1846; 3rd cousins. Three children: John McPherson Gilchrist, Mary Gilchrist, Daniel Alexander Gilchrist.
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2. Alexander McPherson, Jr.
c.1822
1881
Mary Ann Black, 1st cousin, dau. of Angus Black and Margaret Black of Robeson Co., NC. Five children, none of whom married, most died young. Removed to Red Springs, NC, after her husband's death. Buried at McNeill Cemetery in Red Springs with two of her children..
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3. Colin McPherson
c. 1823
1894
Emily Land in 1878; no children; died and buried in Texas
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4. Edward McPherson
c.1827
1862
Left for New York City about 1854; Married Margaret (Davis?) of "Rose Hill" plantation in New Hanover Co., NC. No children..
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